Partners

CONSERVATION PARTNERS

The Northern California Regional Land Trust (The Land Trust) partnered with eight watershed groups increase stakeholder awareness of watershed stewardship practices and permanently protect lands within the upper reaches of ten prominent creeks contained within the Tehama Land Formation. Work completed over the course of the project included the following:1. Developed outreach materials for mailings and presentations targeting approximately 1,000 landowners in the Project region2. Constructed a geo-database of applicable properties using GIS3. Conducted outreach through direct mailings, presentations, and site visits4. Evaluated conservation easement project applications submitted by interested landowners in the region5. Developed nine prospects for possible conservation easement acquisition
When completed, the above-mentioned conservation easement acquisition prospects will permanently protect approximately 7,709 acres of high-quality riparian habitat and approximately 15 creek miles along Big Chico Creek, Little Chico Creek, Pine Creek, Deer Creek, and Mill Creek in Butte and Tehama counties.

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Local businesses that appreciate our work conserving the region’s magnificent open spaces, working ranches and farms, parks and preserves, and biodiversity can help by joining our Business Partners Program. Our business partners consist of local businesses who believe in NCRLT’s mission, and who show their support by contributing $500 or more a year (including in-kind services, donations, event sponsorship, etc.).

Current NCRLT Business Partners

The Foor Foundation was organized for the purpose of educating the people of California. Its aims are to provide education in the area of zero population growth and related environmental issues. Specifically, the Foor Foundation intends to educate the people of California on issues of overuse of natural resources, excessive pollution, lack of waste disposal, and related effects on the human population.

As partners in Land Stewardship, PG&E is in close cooperation with the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council to permanently protect more than 140,000 acres of watershed lands associated with their hydroelectric system and the 655-acre Carizzo Plains in San Luis Obispo County. The Stewardship Council also administers a grant-making program to fund organizations that connect California’s youth with the outdoors. For more information, visit http://www.pge.com/about/environment/pge/stewardship/index.shtml.

For more than a decade Western Nut Company has provided the professional link between almond and walnut growers and a wide range of buyers throughout the world. Western Nut Company has build a solid reputation in the industry through their uncompromised commitment to quality control in every phase of production and handling. Western Nut Company’s sorting, sizing and grading procedures provide a level of consistency and buyer confidence that is rare in an era when volume is the primary objective for many suppliers in the almond and walnut industries. Whether you’re a grower seeking a reliable and experienced partner to prepare and bring your crop to market, or a consumer searching for a provider whose primary goals are quality, consistency and client satisfaction, then look no further. For more information, contact Western Nut Company at (530) 893-2320 or wnc@westernnut.com.

3CORE is a private, non-profit corporation that works as the economic development planning and coordinating agency for the Tri-County region, composed of Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties and the nine member cities located therein. We will help you secure your next small business loan. For more information, visit www.3coreedc.org.

Whether you’re just starting your agribusiness or you’ve spent decades building it, whether you’re expanding your operation or preparing to pass it to the next generation, Golden State Farm Credit can help you get where you’re going. At Farm Credit we believe that agricultural financing is a full time job, so we’ve given our undivided attention since we began doing business in 1916. Golden State Farm Credit is part of the Farm Credit System which is the largest provider of Agricultural credit in America. And as a network of locally managed banking offices, we have a unique understanding of your business challenges and opportunities. For more information, visit www.gsfarmcredit.com.

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. We achieve this mission through the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff, with the help of our many partners and by using a non-confrontational, collaborative approach and staying true to our unique core values. For more information, visit www.nature.org.

K·Coe Isom is focused on bringing measurable impact to businesses and families from coast-to-coast. Are you interested in preserving wealth, increasing working capital, expanding wisely, ensuring a smooth and fruitful business exit or transition, or thriving through otherwise emotionally and financially difficult situations? We excel at improving lives and businesses. We just might change your life, too. www.kcoe.com. (785) 825-1561

In 1979, Ken Grossman began building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California. His goal: to brew exceptional ales and lagers. Today, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is considered the premier craft brewery in the United States. And the beer? Critics proclaim it “Among the best brewed anywhere in the world.” The elegant Sierra Nevada Taproom and Restaurant has become a destination in its own right. With mouthwatering lunch and dinner menus, an impressive dining room, and a large outdoor patio, it offers distinctive, contemporary cuisine as well as the brewery’s entire line of premium ales and lagers. For more information, visit www.sierranevada.com

With origins that can be traced back 150 years, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, through its underwriting subsidiaries, is one of the nation’s premier real estate service companies, providing title insurance and other real estate-related products and services. Fidelity employees are committed to providing our customers with a level of satisfaction that is unparalleled in the title insurance industry. Based on our experience and expertise, we are confident that you’ll appreciate the Fidelity Difference. For more information, visit http://www.fidelitybutte.com/modules/home/

Morrison & Company was founded in 2002 to provide specialized consulting services including business planning, interim/part-time executive assistance, special business-related projects, and specialized grant writing. Morrison & Company’s professional advisors come from the same place as you: the real world. They have held substantial positions in industry and can put that experience to work for you. For more information, visit http://morrisonco.net/

Buy Fresh Buy Local, North Valley is an agricultural marketing program designed to create brand visibility around local food. Look for the beautiful logo above in restaurants, retailers, farmers’ markets and more to help you connect with the North Valley foodshed! Buy Fresh Buy Local is now housed by CSU, Chico College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Business Institute. The new BFBL guide is available for free here. For more information, contact Noelle Ferdon, JD, at noelle@northvalleyfoodhub.com.

The North Valley Food Hub provides critical services to both growers and wholesale buyers that include consolidating transaction costs, creating a one-stop shopping platform for buyers and a marketplace for growers to post and promote their products, and serving as a centralized facilitator for creating and expanding local food markets in California’s North Valley. Contact us at info@northvalleyfoodhub.com, 530-898-4250